Millions of TV sets around the world will be tuned to Calgary Monday as Raw, WWE's flagship show, rolls into the Saddledome.

The action kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with a series of matches taped for WWE's weekend cable show.

These are usually mid-card bouts with names such as William Regal, Tajiri, Chris Masters and the Heart Throbs taking part.

Also expect a couple of dark matches -- bouts not recorded for TV -- in which unsigned talents will get to strut their stuff before a full arena of fans and the watchful eyes of WWE scouts. Calgary's Harry Smith and Vancouver-based Scotty Mac are reportedly under consideration for dark-match opportunities on the show.

After the Heat tapings wrap, Jim Ross and Jerry (The King) Lawler will arrive at the broadcast booth they've occupied for the better part of the past decade.

Then we're only an O Canada away from going live.

At 7 p.m., the Raw theme plays, the pyro hits and the Saddledome is beamed live to four million American homes.

The show also goes out live on TSN in Canada and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and will be seen on tape delay in 17 languages and in more than 100 other countries.

As is usually the case, Monday's show could be the most watched event to emanate from Calgary this year.

Even factoring out the worldwide TV audience, Raw regularly pulls higher ratings than any other specialty show in Canada and is often the most-watched show on U.S. cable, too.

To give an idea of how big the viewership is, especially in the U.S. where the future of such programming is often decided, a typical Raw episode draws 10 times more American viewers than regular-season NHL games did on ESPN last year and draws double the ratings of the Stanley Cup final.

As for the 'rassling action scheduled for Calgary, the detailed lineup for Raw is rarely made available in advance and often is only decided on the day of the event, so no matches officially have been announced.

The storylines currently centre around the feud between Triple H and Batista and the pair is expected to come face to face in Calgary to formally set up their Hell in a Cell match for Vengeance.

Raw is also expected to have some heavy ECW undertones as the company builds toward the upcoming ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view June 12.

Beyond that, Edge and Kane are likely to clash in Cowtown and it's possible we'll get some in-ring segments to build to the draft lottery, which begins the following week.